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50 free Anastasia (1997) trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Anastasia was Fox Animation Studios' first feature, a Don Bluth musical that many viewers still assume is a Disney film. This Anastasia trivia covers the voice cast, the songs by Ahrens and Flaherty, the decision to make Rasputin a lich with an albino bat, the box office battle with The Little Mermaid re-release, the historians who hated it and the 2017 Broadway adaptation. Every answer is sourced, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01Who directed and produced the 1997 animated film Anastasia?
Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
The pair had earlier made The Land Before Time and All Dogs Go to Heaven away from Disney.
Q 02Which studio released Anastasia, its first feature from its own animation division?
20th Century Fox
The film is so often mistaken for a Disney title that Disney eventually bought the studio in 2019.
Q 03In which city was Fox Animation Studios built?
Phoenix, Arizona
Arizona offered about $1 million in job-training funds and cheap loans for digital equipment.
Q 04Who voiced the adult Anya?
Meg Ryan
Bluth called her his first and only choice and won her over with an animated test of her Sleepless in Seattle dialogue.
Q 05Who provided Anya's singing voice?
Liz Callaway
She recorded the songs as demos hoping for background work, and the songwriters kept them.
Q 06Who voiced the conman Dimitri?
John Cusack
He admitted he couldn't sing, so Jonathan Dokuchitz handled his musical numbers.
Q 07Which Frasier star voiced the former nobleman Vlad?
Kelsey Grammer
His character's full name is Vladimir Vanya Vonitsky Vasilovich.
Q 08Who voiced the villain Rasputin?
Christopher Lloyd
He got the part largely because of his Back to the Future fame; Peter O'Toole was also considered.
Q 09Which Simpsons voice actor played the bat Bartok?
Hank Azaria
He reportedly won the part ten minutes into his audition after Martin Short was also considered.
Q 10Who voiced the Dowager Empress Marie?
Angela Lansbury
She had voiced another matriarch six years earlier as Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast.
Q 11Which Broadway legend voiced Marie's cousin Sophie?
Bernadette Peters
Sophie quizzes Anya on Romanov history to test whether she is the real grand duchess.
Q 12Who voiced the young Anastasia's speaking lines?
Kirsten Dunst
Lacey Chabert sang for the child version of the character.
Q 13Which songwriting duo wrote the film's songs, their first for a movie?
Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
They were dismayed by the Rasputin-and-bat pitch and later made the stage musical more political.
Q 21What does Rasputin sell in exchange for the power to destroy the Romanovs?
His soul
The bargain manifests as a glowing reliquary that spawns his demonic minions.
Q 22On which frozen river does Rasputin fall through the ice?
The Little Nevka
He survives in limbo, a fact his bat sidekick discovers only when the reliquary revives.
Q 23How does young Anastasia lose her memory?
She hits her head boarding a train
Marie makes it aboard; her granddaughter slips from her grasp on the platform.
Q 14Which song was the first the songwriters completed, written during a heatwave?
Once Upon a December
They joked about sweating while writing winter imagery.
Q 15Which song earned the film an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song?
Journey to the Past
A pop version was performed at the ceremony; the film also got a score nomination.
Q 16Which R&B singer performed the film's Oscar-nominated song at the ceremony?
Aaliyah
Her music video appears on the 2006 two-disc Family Fun Edition DVD.
Q 17Who composed the film's orchestral score?
David Newman
His father Alfred Newman scored the 1956 live-action Anastasia.
Q 18In what year is the film's main story set?
1926
The prologue ball takes place in 1916, ten years before Anya leaves the orphanage.
Q 19What three words are inscribed on the necklace Marie gives Anastasia?
Together in Paris
The inscription is what sends the amnesiac Anya toward France ten years later.
Q 20The opening ball celebrates how many years of Romanov rule?
300
The real tricentennial was marked in 1913; the film moves it to 1916.
Q 24How large a reward does Marie offer for Anastasia's safe return?
10 million rubles
The bounty is what motivates two conmen to hunt for a convincing look-alike.
Q 25What does Anya name the stray puppy she meets after leaving the orphanage?
Pooka
Frank Welker supplied the dog's sounds, as well as the Black Pegasus.
Q 26What kind of creature is Bartok?
An albino bat
Bluth made him white simply to make him look different from an ordinary bat.
Q 27How do Rasputin's minions first attack the trio's train?
By overheating the engine
When that fails, they try to lure Anya into sleepwalking off a ship.
Q 28At which theater do Marie and Sophie watch a ballet with Anya?
The Palais Garnier
The performance is a Russian ballet version of Cinderella.
Q 29What object finally convinces Marie that Anya is her granddaughter?
The music box
Dimitri had kept it as a memento since the night of the palace siege.
Q 30On which Paris bridge does the final battle with Rasputin take place?
The Pont Alexandre III
The bridge is named for the tsar who was Anastasia's great-grandfather.